Cosplay

[Albion]

Is that Lloyd Bridges? 

[Emperor]

Its worse that that, its Jimmy Saville - now then, now then

[Roger Godpleton]

That's Proudhuff, that is.

And Commando Forces stars in this video. He wants us to know how wrong we are.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeSQne3RDCY&feature=recentf

[Peter Wolf]

there are some sad cases and weirdos in this thread and for some reason i find the girl in the Knuckles picture really annoying.

worth posting again


That was worth posting twice but some of the other pictures in this thread are best off being forgotten.

[Emperor]

there are some sad cases and weirdos in this thread

Yes but the fun part is guessing who is a sad case and who is a weirdo. Roger, for example, is a weirdo. Or did you mean the cosplayers?

[Christov]

I was going to cosplay as Spider-Man for BICS but I can't get into shape in time for it nor can I afford a costume right now. Oh well, I'll just have put the cash I didn't spend on an outfit and a gym membership into buying some lovely original art.

What a shame. 

[Roger Godpleton]

These people are enjoying things that I would probably not find to be enjoyable myself therefore they are the scum of the earth and I propose a round of pogroms.

[Peter Wolf]

Thats a good way of defelecting microwaves.

[Jared Katooie]

Now THAT'S impressive!

[I, Cosh]

What's the difference between cosplay and normal dressing up?

[Daveycandlish]

What's the difference between cosplay and normal dressing up?

The location.
Leave your gimp suit in the bedroom! 

[Colin YNWA]

What's the difference between cosplay and normal dressing up?

Yeah I struggle with this these days. it used to be called fancy dress? My understanding is that real Cosplay involves actioning out the role of the person you're dressed up as where as must the stuff you see at conventions and the like is fancy dress?

I could be very wrong here.

[James Stacey]

Now THAT'S impressive!

Is that Cosplay or advertising tho ? very impressive

[Grant Goggans]

What's the difference between cosplay and normal dressing up?

Yeah I struggle with this these days. it used to be called fancy dress? My understanding is that real Cosplay involves actioning out the role of the person you're dressed up as where as must the stuff you see at conventions and the like is fancy dress?

I could be very wrong here.

The word's been co-opted from anime fandom.

[Jared Katooie]

"Cosplay (コスプレ, kosupure?), short for "costume roleplay",[1] is a type of performance art in which participants don costumes and accessories to represent a specific character or idea. Characters are often[citation needed] drawn from popular fiction in Japan. Favorite sources include manga, anime, tokusatsu, comic books, graphic novels, video games, hentai and fantasy movies. Role play includes portrayals of J-pop and J-rock stars, Taiwanese puppet characters, science fiction characters, characters from musical stories, classic novels, and entertainment software. Any entity from the real or virtual world that lends itself to dramatic interpretation may be taken up as a subject. Inanimate objects are given anthropomorphic forms and it is not unusual to see genders switched, with women playing male roles and vice versa.

Cosplayers often interact to create a subculture centered around role play. A broader use of the term cosplay applies it to any costumed role play in venues apart from the stage, regardless of the cultural context."

Cosplay